Brown County: Accident injures boy

July 25, 2007

An Aberdeen boy was injured in a two-vehicle accident Monday near Aberdeen. Brayden Hellwig, 8, was transported by an Aberdeen Fire and Rescue ambulance to Avera St. Luke's Hospital in Aberdeen. A nursing supervisor at the hospital said Tuesday that Hellwig had been transferred to another hospital. His condition was not available. Tom Schmitt, chief deputy for the Brown County Sheriff's Office, said Hellwig's injuries did not appear to be life-threatening. Hellwig was hurt when a vehicle driven by his mother, Michelle Hellwig, and a vehicle driven by David Mitzel, 48, of Aberdeen, collided in the intersection of Brown County Road 13 and Brown County Road 10. Michelle Hellwig was westbound and Mitzel was northbound, Schmitt said. Michelle Hellwig, Mitzel and 5-year-old Joshua Hellwig of Aberdeen, a passenger in the Michelle Hellwig vehicle, were not injured. In addition to the Brown County Sheriff's Office and Aberdeen Fire and Rescue, the South Dakota Highway Patrol also responded to the scene. Reporter Emily Arthur-Richardt